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the u.s. thinks it's killing an al qaeda member and maybe it is. but he's been a killed on the ground and yemenis seen being killed is in fact the tribesman. this is a challenge that the u.s. obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president obama asked his staff to imagine what would happen if al qaeda had been successful and i think that's a very good exercise. and if today al qaeda were able to carry out an attack, even a fairly small one not on the scale of september 11th, but on the scale of christmas day 2009, with the u.s. respond? many people, put myself into a large-scale renovation of yemen would be mistaken that the u.s. has been bombing them and for the past three years and it really doesn't seem to have had the impact of the u.s
the u.s. thinks it's killing an al qaeda member and maybe it is. but he's been a killed on the ground and yemenis seen being killed is in fact the tribesman. this is a challenge that the u.s. obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president...
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u.s. treasuries and it seems to me at the moment the european companies that are vulnerable also they're buying up these lucrative companies to good prices so the end of the day as far as persia is concerned they've got to pay their staff and as far as these russian state owned companies are concerned they want to diversify they water expands and they want to look good as far as their balance sheet is concerned to. least for the time being looks like a win win situation there katie pavlich thank you very much well let's move over to the markets now consumer confidence in the u. . u.s. is at the highest level in five years but apparently that's not enough to impress investors stateside u.s. markets are hesitant as to how to react to a broader i.m.f. a deal for financial targets for greece we've been talking about earlier on r.t. now some analysts say the deal may not be more than just another short term fix and it seems a deal on the other hand could make greece much less of a risk factor f
u.s. treasuries and it seems to me at the moment the european companies that are vulnerable also they're buying up these lucrative companies to good prices so the end of the day as far as persia is concerned they've got to pay their staff and as far as these russian state owned companies are concerned they want to diversify they water expands and they want to look good as far as their balance sheet is concerned to. least for the time being looks like a win win situation there katie pavlich...
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something that is unquestionable and that has meant that the largest part of the u.s. government spending has been beyond analysis beyond public scrutiny in four days americans will elect a leader for the next four years regardless of who wins the legacy of war cemented under the past two u.s. presidents indicate that the world's largest. offense budget will continue ballooning this causing many to ask if hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent to increase security or even road stability forty three aren't enough or not artsy. and while obama and romney pledge to pull the us out of the deep dish of debt some observers say overspending on defense is the main reason they commonly ended up going down in the first place and there's no more important issue in america today than i have which we are spending on our military our military industrial complex that's where most of us tax dollars go i mean our total is is more than the tough sixteen other nations in the world and says most americans know that this is just wasteful spending here it creates a few jobs but the
something that is unquestionable and that has meant that the largest part of the u.s. government spending has been beyond analysis beyond public scrutiny in four days americans will elect a leader for the next four years regardless of who wins the legacy of war cemented under the past two u.s. presidents indicate that the world's largest. offense budget will continue ballooning this causing many to ask if hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent to increase security or even road...
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while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocate defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the jewel in the corporate backed front runner. and a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias and this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek a new level leaders out of those actually fighting on the ground. watching r t a live from moscow with me to bomb would say first keeping your identity private demonstrations has become a punishable offense in canada and i'm also activists could now face up to ten years behind bars authorities a say the motion is aimed at tackling the growing threat of violence and vandalism canada so massive student protests against jewish and heights earlier this year and led to hundreds being arrested canadian radio reporter michael for me and says the new law will criminalize anti-government demonstrations nationwide. this law basically what it does is that it will criminalize people who are
while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocate defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the jewel in the corporate backed front runner. and a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias and this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek a new level leaders out of those actually fighting on the ground. watching r t a live from moscow with me to bomb would say first keeping your...
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u.s. policy if the top general in charge of it had time to send twenty to thirty thousand pages worth of inappropriate e-mails people here have also expressed some confusion as to why these kinds of scandals would force these top men to resign and not for example the scandals that have really resonated among the people here on the ground for example the tragic massacre by a u.s. soldier of sixteen civilians here in afghanistan the burnings of the koran by officials here as well as regular policy as like for example night raids which are so controversial here that often result in the deaths of civilians so people are quite confused by this scandal they're not quite sure what implications all have on the u.s. war effort here in afghanistan and of course it's coming on the heels. very important talks between the u.s. and afghanistan the two countries have been in negotiations over what the u.s. will do with the remainder of its sixty eight thousand troops that are here that are due to withdra
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on our website right now for you the u.s. one say israel that an attack on iran would pump on line is a washington's maneuverings in the region. and political game pro active hollywood star jones clooney is related to the sixteenth president of america abraham lincoln details on that story and much more on i t v dot com. chairman wallace are feeling the pinch of from soaring electricity bills patted by object of direct the country of nuclear energy security and environmental issues behind the bed seemed to be perfectly valid but as peter all of our reports it's ultimately implications could hit germans pretty hot. it was a resoundingly no to nuclear from the german chancellor abandoned nuclear power completely step by step until the end of twenty twenty two as a country within that we can become pioneers on the way to create an age of renewable energy the two thousand and eleven meltdown at the fukushima power plant in japan the worst atomic energy disaster since chernobyl is the key motivation for rushing through nuclear dec
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not invaded with the troops war correspondent lizzie field and witnessed u.s. so-called support in libya then syria she joins the truth seeker all libyans know building a free and democratic future yeah well it's the biggest. uk seymour and you can think that. and democracy on the back. and well of course that never has been the case anywhere in the world anyway three and said to me not the case in libya and syria there was so much goodwill towards obama's he returns to the white house how has that changed. and africa and a bentley has been sponsible for more intervention than any other and equal mean you have. not only has he not ended the wars in iraq and afghanistan as you and he when he. was and yet in syria and every kind of that intervention they are very. responsible for what's happening and there is in the hatred and anger. hatred for is breathtaking decision. made of videos show militants shooting on their own people as they cry for mercy george galloway's u.k. member of parliament has raised millions of dollars from victims of war and joins us now are
not invaded with the troops war correspondent lizzie field and witnessed u.s. so-called support in libya then syria she joins the truth seeker all libyans know building a free and democratic future yeah well it's the biggest. uk seymour and you can think that. and democracy on the back. and well of course that never has been the case anywhere in the world anyway three and said to me not the case in libya and syria there was so much goodwill towards obama's he returns to the white house how has...
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plus the u.s. is stepping up its presence in the arab world putting all its efforts in creating a proxy army in the region that story is still to come later in the program after the business news after the break here in r.t. . and talking of the businesses dimitris next with that now dimitri russia is pledging to support the euro much needed to light that is true russia has forty two percent of its foreign currency reserves in the euro and prime minister medvedev has said today that he will be keeping it in the year and he was saying that in paris while blessing a major business deal is a way that russia and indeed russian companies can really capitalize on the miseries in your own really get something out of it well apparently there are bargains for the taking basically of the european market right now and russian companies are going ahead with that i'll tell you all about it the couple of great notes after the break thanks a lot to me to. parents versus social workers dot nabbing. dot the man you
plus the u.s. is stepping up its presence in the arab world putting all its efforts in creating a proxy army in the region that story is still to come later in the program after the business news after the break here in r.t. . and talking of the businesses dimitris next with that now dimitri russia is pledging to support the euro much needed to light that is true russia has forty two percent of its foreign currency reserves in the euro and prime minister medvedev has said today that he will be...
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this surrounds the whole question of more u.s. and western intervention in terms of military intervention. establishing no-fly zones, a safe haven, similar to what happened in libya. the short answer is that libya and syria are apples and oranges. sirways a much, much harder nut to crack. syria's defense system was developed to counter israel. that's a sophisticated air force. libways not at all like that -- libya is not at all like that. it's very, very slippery slope. once you want to establish a no-fly zone -- establish a safe haven, you have to establish a no-fly zone and then the safe haven has to protect against are till rare fire? how do you do senate -- do that? a it's a slippery slope. i i was on washington journal a month ago and i was asked this question, and if we go in, or if we militarily either more aggressive support in terms of the military aid or boots on the ground, air toast support, what's hezbollah going to do sunset what's iran going to do? what's russia going to do? this is quite volatile and i don't think
this surrounds the whole question of more u.s. and western intervention in terms of military intervention. establishing no-fly zones, a safe haven, similar to what happened in libya. the short answer is that libya and syria are apples and oranges. sirways a much, much harder nut to crack. syria's defense system was developed to counter israel. that's a sophisticated air force. libways not at all like that -- libya is not at all like that. it's very, very slippery slope. once you want to...
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well i think one issue i would take it you know one aspect i take issue with is the idea that the u.s. is unified in its view on china i think there are very deep conflicting views who course we just went through electoral process united states in which both parties were competing to see who could stand up to china but really the issues sitting down around the trade table and dealing with this enormous economic imbalance that way the trade imbalance and debt and there's a great deal of anxiety there's a great deal of. uncertainty on how to really tackle some of these deep trade problems without upsetting the balance that with the strategic balance that we've achieved in the pacific so there does not seem to be any sort of clear pinion on which direction to take now and china they just had a selector roll process not an electoral process in which they picked their new seven leaders and clearly for them domestic issues keeping that country together keeping it on track keeping are growing at a pace that will solve many of its domestic challenges i take. my colleague susan shirks descript
well i think one issue i would take it you know one aspect i take issue with is the idea that the u.s. is unified in its view on china i think there are very deep conflicting views who course we just went through electoral process united states in which both parties were competing to see who could stand up to china but really the issues sitting down around the trade table and dealing with this enormous economic imbalance that way the trade imbalance and debt and there's a great deal of anxiety...
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the road to the markets u.s. markets indeed up on friday void by optimism on be a meeting between congressmen and president obama to avert the so-called fiscal cliff notes congressman have already said it's quite constructive and therefore we are seeing moderate growth but weak results for dell however have sent its shares to a near four year low now let's move over to europe that we have seen the footsie and the dax declining massively this is on the back of all this of course uncertainty waiting for greece to receive a neutron share of a bailout on monday as we've heard from our experts and level so far investors are choosing to play it safe now with all this uncertainty with with fiscal cliff investors are cashing out into the dollar therefore it is gaining to the euro the russian ruble ended with a little change and mixed in the busker currencies and the russian markets had a pretty bad week just one session of the significant growth that was yes but i'm just one percent the first day that is the last markets
the road to the markets u.s. markets indeed up on friday void by optimism on be a meeting between congressmen and president obama to avert the so-called fiscal cliff notes congressman have already said it's quite constructive and therefore we are seeing moderate growth but weak results for dell however have sent its shares to a near four year low now let's move over to europe that we have seen the footsie and the dax declining massively this is on the back of all this of course uncertainty...
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while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocated defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the duel between the. corporate back front runners. a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek new rebel leaders out of those actually fighting from the ground. there watching r t live from moscow with me to ban would say good to have you with us this morning a great journalist who threatened to reveal a high profile government fraud remains in custody speedo's cuts us but he was arrested on wednesday after he promised to expose live on t.v. alarming facts reportedly connected to the country's painful bailout deal this comes after another reporter stood trial on thursday for publishing a list of alleged top tax evaders meanwhile the country faced a major media strike triggered a bias and spend should of two state t.v. presenters criticizing a minister on a gaap still from th
while third party candidates for the u.s. presidency advocated defense cuts over spending on the military stays out of the duel between the. corporate back front runners. a new video emerges reportedly showing the brutal killings of syrian soldiers by militias this comes as washington wants a major overhaul of syria's opposition saying it will seek new rebel leaders out of those actually fighting from the ground. there watching r t live from moscow with me to ban would say good to have you with...
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today you're very welcome to be here you have said that the u.s. the e.u. and israel give a fifty fifty probability that a war with iran would happen how big of a window of opportunity still exists to prevent any military action well i think it's closing very quickly iran according to most non-plussed ration experts nuclear experts will by sometime next year be at the point where they could quickly break out and enrich enough weapons grade uranium to then later weaponize and it's the enrichment process which is the most a tech bubble and stoppable or delay of all part of building a nuclear weapon and i think there's a consensus among most folks even outside those governments most experts that iran is quickly approaching that level this is according to the reports on iran's progress so i think that's fairly well understood and i guess i would say that there is a larger concern among officials that one way or the other iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons is going to lead to a crisis. of some sort relative to market participants for market participants the iran
today you're very welcome to be here you have said that the u.s. the e.u. and israel give a fifty fifty probability that a war with iran would happen how big of a window of opportunity still exists to prevent any military action well i think it's closing very quickly iran according to most non-plussed ration experts nuclear experts will by sometime next year be at the point where they could quickly break out and enrich enough weapons grade uranium to then later weaponize and it's the enrichment...
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to u.s. multinationals will be a movie very important. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms soon actually while it's libya's lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year alone the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build. better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government of course it's very useful to have other countries militaries integrated into the us they get the training then they get the equipment they get the arms it's the full package the idea of proxy armies is not new to the very best mark record of training foreign armies has hardly been flawless you have the school of americas for instance which is trained all the the armies that became the torturers of latin america that started after world war two i would say the training troops is especially in the middle east in the case of iraq or in afghanistan something of a catastrophe it's premise
to u.s. multinationals will be a movie very important. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms soon actually while it's libya's lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year alone the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build. better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government of course it's very useful to have...
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and the u.s. pauses for a day to remember the extraordinary sacrifices american troops made on the battlefield but well life resumes and wars rage on takes a closer look at battlefield america and the homelessness suicides and mental illness these men and women fight when they return from war. it's monday november eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is now and you're watching our t.v. . our top story today is one that just maybe renewed your faith that solutions to big problems don't have to be political or based on greed that some actions being taken right now are rooted in basic logic and even more so in kindness i'm talking about the rolling jubilee a new program launched by members of occupy wall street who have been raising money to purchase distressed consumer debt from financial firms at an extremely reduced price once they own someones debt they forgive it here's how it works normally when people need money to pay for education housing or medical attention they go to a ba
and the u.s. pauses for a day to remember the extraordinary sacrifices american troops made on the battlefield but well life resumes and wars rage on takes a closer look at battlefield america and the homelessness suicides and mental illness these men and women fight when they return from war. it's monday november eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is now and you're watching our t.v. . our top story today is one that just maybe renewed your faith that solutions to big...
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u.s. and other european nations stop short of doing so saying the foreign based group should first show it's able to represent syrians inside the country paris also said it would look at arming the rebels also use policy in our reports. the french president francois hollande said that the syrian opposition coalition would act as a temporary government in the future and he said that it would be the tosca of the syrian opposition to now establish a transitional government and earlier in the week six gulf states recognize the opposition coalition which we could tolerate foreign minister saying that this recognition now removed obstacles to the securing of weapons to the syrian opposition it is important to make a distinct parallel with what we've seeing back on the tenth of march two thousand and eleven we saw the same scenario unfolding when france was the first country to recognize the transitional national council which was essentially the opposition fighters in libya and this is what we w
u.s. and other european nations stop short of doing so saying the foreign based group should first show it's able to represent syrians inside the country paris also said it would look at arming the rebels also use policy in our reports. the french president francois hollande said that the syrian opposition coalition would act as a temporary government in the future and he said that it would be the tosca of the syrian opposition to now establish a transitional government and earlier in the week...
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now the u.s. campaign in afghanistan has suffered a military grade blow with at least two celebrity generals and veterans of the intervention falling rather swiftly from grace a sex scandal that started with the revelations of the ex cia chief having an affair has now claimed the reputation of the current afghan campaign commander artie's lucy catherine off reports. in the papers that here in afghanistan petraeus star and battlefield felt at cia by an affair situation the reaction on the ground has been one of outrage people are really quite confused by this whole scandal one of the comments that i heard from a person who wish to be anonymous in the foreign ministry is office was they founded really indicative of how well the afghan war effort is going in terms of u.s. policy if the top general in charge of it had time to send twenty to thirty thousand pages worth of inappropriate e-mails people here have also expressed some confusion as to why these kinds of scandals would force these top men to
now the u.s. campaign in afghanistan has suffered a military grade blow with at least two celebrity generals and veterans of the intervention falling rather swiftly from grace a sex scandal that started with the revelations of the ex cia chief having an affair has now claimed the reputation of the current afghan campaign commander artie's lucy catherine off reports. in the papers that here in afghanistan petraeus star and battlefield felt at cia by an affair situation the reaction on the ground...
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the u.s. response to the shelling of gaza was easy to predict and it says we stand by our partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism the u.s. representative to the u.n. has released a statement saying the u.s. expresses regret at the death injury of innocent israeli and palestinian civilians caused by the violence there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians are asking the security council to stop israel and what they call cold war crimes perpetrated by israel against the palestinian people israel of course is saying that the airstrikes are justified response to the rocket fire from gaza into south is for all it's worth noting that this wednesday while israel was storming gaza from air president obama was holding a news conference the president received no question about gaza and there was almost nothing on t.v. here about it i've been watching very closely the israeli defense minister who has ind
the u.s. response to the shelling of gaza was easy to predict and it says we stand by our partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism the u.s. representative to the u.n. has released a statement saying the u.s. expresses regret at the death injury of innocent israeli and palestinian civilians caused by the violence there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians are asking the security council to stop...
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in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what facebook means to them. >> more from this facebook engineer with an insider's view of the company thanksgiving day on cspan after 12:30 p.m. eastern. at 2:00, chief justice john roberts. later, space pioneers and nasa officials pay a much to the first man to walk among, nell armstrong just before 11:00. >> defense secretary leon panetta looks at how potential budget cuts could affect the pentagon. he spoke tuesday evening at the center for new american security about the so-called fiscal cliff and defense priorities. [applause] good evening and thank you for coming. >> it is an honor to be introducing my old boss
in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure that you have in the u.s. many americans will say facebook is good for gossip and seeing what my friends are getting for lunch but if he were to talk to somebody in the middle east, maybe, you would hear a different story which is that facebook was providing access to news to people that had unique access to information they were not able to get otherwise and you get a much more meaty store about what facebook means to them. >> more from...
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the u.s. continues to regenerate its support for israel and is blaming hamas for starting the violence president obama and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu birth claim to want a deescalation but only provided there is a halt in rocket fire from gaza and retired u.s. army colonel writes as washington still stand by israel no matter what. we have had a history in the united states governments. of unconditional support for the state of israel no matter what criminal acts it commits and so far the obama administration has been no different than any other administration i would ask what is israel trying to achieve here you have a population that's in a prison that has been under blockade for the last five years the israeli government is squeezing the people of gaza the united nations now says that by the year twenty twenty gaza will be unlivable the israeli attack on gaza it's not a war it's an attack there is really no defenses that the palestinians have they do have these rockets that th
the u.s. continues to regenerate its support for israel and is blaming hamas for starting the violence president obama and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu birth claim to want a deescalation but only provided there is a halt in rocket fire from gaza and retired u.s. army colonel writes as washington still stand by israel no matter what. we have had a history in the united states governments. of unconditional support for the state of israel no matter what criminal acts it commits and so...
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polls in the u.s. have opened and for the first time in history americans are embracing election day in the shadow of a deadly super storm that left behind a trail of devastation and voting disruptions here in new york city sixty polling sites have been relocated due to the unprecedented damage caused by sandy just one week ago city officials say military trucks will also be used throughout the day as makeshift polling stations in areas still without electricity this is of course is to ensure that all citizens will be able to cast their votes now when nearby new jersey millions are being allowed to cast their ballot by fax mail or online the last minute decision was made after a reported two hundred fifty polling sites in the garden state were damaged by last week's superstorm now as government officials along the east coast are scrambling to ensure that millions are not disenfranchised from the presidential election cyber security experts warn that online voting can't be verifiably secure and this can
polls in the u.s. have opened and for the first time in history americans are embracing election day in the shadow of a deadly super storm that left behind a trail of devastation and voting disruptions here in new york city sixty polling sites have been relocated due to the unprecedented damage caused by sandy just one week ago city officials say military trucks will also be used throughout the day as makeshift polling stations in areas still without electricity this is of course is to ensure...
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the incumbent u.s. president defeats challenger mitt romney to win the u.s. election. with the u.s. having made its choice so we look at how the word might affect america's ties with the rest of the world will be assessing the reaction live with our correspondents in london the middle east and moscow. and another news that today are turning up the heat travel set up with those charity in athens event of their anger ahead of a crucial vote in parliament that could see the already savage cuts only getting more brutal. you're watching lardy a live from moscow good to have you with us top story barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the u.s. election to stay in office for a second term. america's incumbent leader has come from the council to be paucity seventy electoral votes threshold in what had been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in a number of key battleground states is gonna teach again has been following the developments in washington. well mitt romney has accept
the incumbent u.s. president defeats challenger mitt romney to win the u.s. election. with the u.s. having made its choice so we look at how the word might affect america's ties with the rest of the world will be assessing the reaction live with our correspondents in london the middle east and moscow. and another news that today are turning up the heat travel set up with those charity in athens event of their anger ahead of a crucial vote in parliament that could see the already savage cuts...
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you can now takes a look at what's in it for the u.s. . the pentagon's new outlook forget about full scale invasion is and large footprint occupations instead think of special ops and crafts the army next destination libya the obama administration has received congressional approval to allocate money for a special unit reportedly made up of some five hundred people who will train the country's forces according to one libyan militia commander a team of americans is already in the country looking for recruits a major obstacle in their way a vastly divided society there isn't an army and libya now and the army is not going to be because whenever you try and get militias which have a legion says to a variety of rays of things than the national interest so they have allegiance to a drive or to a sect or to a religion rather than having allegiance to the nation or to the country you cannot build an army but with training and aid fully via the u.s. we have more pragmatic goals then uniting the army you were just teaching them the best way to figh
you can now takes a look at what's in it for the u.s. . the pentagon's new outlook forget about full scale invasion is and large footprint occupations instead think of special ops and crafts the army next destination libya the obama administration has received congressional approval to allocate money for a special unit reportedly made up of some five hundred people who will train the country's forces according to one libyan militia commander a team of americans is already in the country looking...
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the u.s. held on to my mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very trepidations about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after the cold after the. after world war two the u.s. has has preferred what what wanks like to call stability but wait what normal people like to call tyranny ok tom where do you came in on this because lot of talk about democracy paralysis certainly true that the. yes absolutely it's certainly true that the arab spring has presented harder choices for the united states than it faced in say central and eastern europe in the one nine hundred ninety s. where it clearly seemed that democratization would be in the u.s. interest or in latin america in the s
the u.s. held on to my mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very trepidations about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after the cold after the. after world war two the...
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forgot that her own mailbox was also full of quote unquote inappropriate e-mails from the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general john allen also a married official said there were somewhere from twenty to thirty thousand pages of those e-mails of course they did not reveal the content of those e-mails they just said there was inappropriate communication between the two this may sound like a huge manyfold family drama but it's more serious than that and the military lawyer adultery can be a crime and punishment can be time in prison although general allen will remain the commander of getting sent defense secretary panetta said that he had asked president obama to delay the general's nominate. to be the commander of american forces in europe and the supreme allied commander of nato so john allen would be the third afghanistan general who fell from grace so abruptly and so shockingly too many first it was general stanley mcchrystal resigned when a magazine quoted him saying unflattering things about the administration and then general petraeus over a woman and now general john allen
forgot that her own mailbox was also full of quote unquote inappropriate e-mails from the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general john allen also a married official said there were somewhere from twenty to thirty thousand pages of those e-mails of course they did not reveal the content of those e-mails they just said there was inappropriate communication between the two this may sound like a huge manyfold family drama but it's more serious than that and the military lawyer adultery can...
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where the u.s. was most involved in various countries in central america what you actually saw was a decline in democracy in a continuing support of autocratic regimes and we can see that straight through it's also i think the case in case you want to be and. that's fine tom go ahead it's certainly true that the united states is often inconsistent in its policies with respect to democracy but the fact that it's inconsistent doesn't mean it's insignificant united states has come in on the side of democracy in many countries and the fact that we're still very close to the saudi regime i think is in an unfortunate in many ways and is a reality of our economic and security interests there but the fact that you have some cases that fall on one side of the line doesn't mean there haven't been many significant cases on the other and so i don't think we should overstate the fact that the united states isn't always in consistent to say therefore that u.s. democracy promotion is just a sham ok charles i mean
where the u.s. was most involved in various countries in central america what you actually saw was a decline in democracy in a continuing support of autocratic regimes and we can see that straight through it's also i think the case in case you want to be and. that's fine tom go ahead it's certainly true that the united states is often inconsistent in its policies with respect to democracy but the fact that it's inconsistent doesn't mean it's insignificant united states has come in on the side...
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we want to know what happens wh four americans, including the u.s. ambassador call for help and there is no response from the government and, of all places, bin gauzy, which we knew to be a hotbed of al qaeda related organizations, terorist activity. don't you agree? >> oh, ys. there should have been a security force there. and that is the real question. why wasn't there security on the anniversary of the september 11 the tax? this is really a securities scdal of the first magnitude. lou: quickly, i want to get both of your reactions to me if i may. already over time, but we have this woman the talking about effectively terorists detainee's at the cia and next, talking them seemingly, with certain knowledge and raising the question where she received that knowledge, what are your thoughts about the games tha are being played here by all involved, that is the administration, the cia, patraeus himself, broad well, how do you seeit very quickly? >> look. in a quick way i think that whenever that presence was, it cod have been a consulate, compound, cia,
we want to know what happens wh four americans, including the u.s. ambassador call for help and there is no response from the government and, of all places, bin gauzy, which we knew to be a hotbed of al qaeda related organizations, terorist activity. don't you agree? >> oh, ys. there should have been a security force there. and that is the real question. why wasn't there security on the anniversary of the september 11 the tax? this is really a securities scdal of the first magnitude. lou:...
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another to general john allen this being dragged into this whole mess of making it basically three u.s. afghan commandos falling to petty scandals in as many years what do you make of it . well it's that you need to i can pretty well recall drama really if there was some sense that it's not a bomb that has been. the second time they can usually use the freedom to speak the old regime. senior generals who sort of move through the revolving door between military positions the intelligence issues might take some. strategic positions on the issues in the middle east one of the points that doesn't seem to get much coverage about the trial and that is the fact that he has been very much under review for really pushing who the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iran. when you say you. can start. your own ideas on the side to see who can stop you couldn't cope with this so i am wondering if the timing here which of course. is absolutely the nation exactly as soon as the bomber is made that it might be a sense that something is how can he pushed the. if you negotiate
another to general john allen this being dragged into this whole mess of making it basically three u.s. afghan commandos falling to petty scandals in as many years what do you make of it . well it's that you need to i can pretty well recall drama really if there was some sense that it's not a bomb that has been. the second time they can usually use the freedom to speak the old regime. senior generals who sort of move through the revolving door between military positions the intelligence issues...
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the u.s. military is following its own rules including flying on bags in a cramped up role of rubber band working on a room. well patrolled will fail to justify the attacks and it's kill hundreds of civilians that's coming up shortly. plus a few things queen prices like supermarkets locking up even basic food clean athletes have said that it's on the losing side southie eight altered states and all that is and much maligned up for you to the free. waves of corruption are rocking russia hundreds of millions of dollars vanished from apec building projects and russia's got a nice satellite project a real estate scandal has also led to the defense minister being fired note i said fire in russia we hear a lot about corruption scandals and the reaction is usually a firing or a forced resignation and maybe that would be ok another country but russia has big dreams in a big country that is big corruption spoiling all of those dreams a country can't survive with every infrastructural or scientific proj
the u.s. military is following its own rules including flying on bags in a cramped up role of rubber band working on a room. well patrolled will fail to justify the attacks and it's kill hundreds of civilians that's coming up shortly. plus a few things queen prices like supermarkets locking up even basic food clean athletes have said that it's on the losing side southie eight altered states and all that is and much maligned up for you to the free. waves of corruption are rocking russia hundreds...
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the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military grade blow this week the career of the current commander in afghanistan is now in jeopardy after he became involved in the case that led to the resignation of the former commander and cia chief david petraeus he had to resign after his biographer paula broadwell admitted to having a relationship with him and classified information was found on her computer the transfer standardise passing on any secrets now general allen have succeeded betray us and afghanistan is under investigation for inappropriate communication with a woman who has ties to betray us and poor wolf and a feeling is growing that there's so much more out of the pages and it's going. it's beginning to look like a very well written drama really interesting sense that knowledge bombs. that can prove this time we were talking term they can you use the green shoots we keep the old regime. generals who sort of move through the revolving door in military was actually the inte
the u.s. campaign in afghanistan suffered a fresh military grade blow this week the career of the current commander in afghanistan is now in jeopardy after he became involved in the case that led to the resignation of the former commander and cia chief david petraeus he had to resign after his biographer paula broadwell admitted to having a relationship with him and classified information was found on her computer the transfer standardise passing on any secrets now general allen have succeeded...
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the sun say the timing is links to the u.s. presidential vote with a cover up taking place to ensure a bomb is re-election and at the same number see no solid players saying it's purely beatrice's mistake that led to his downfall so let us know what you're saying on the. a good look at some other international news this hour u.s. military prosecutors have a choice of the death penalty for sergeant robert bales who's accused of killing sixteen afghan civilians the incident took place in march one bales allegedly left his remote outpost at night and executed his victims nine of them children the case has become the deadliest war crime by a single american officer since the beginning in afghanistan. jordan has seen mass protests after the country's prime minister announced a fuel price hike demonstrations took place in the competition supported by twelve other cities throughout the country despite criticism of their ruling more of being punishable by three years behind bars opposition groups have called for the popular revolution.
the sun say the timing is links to the u.s. presidential vote with a cover up taking place to ensure a bomb is re-election and at the same number see no solid players saying it's purely beatrice's mistake that led to his downfall so let us know what you're saying on the. a good look at some other international news this hour u.s. military prosecutors have a choice of the death penalty for sergeant robert bales who's accused of killing sixteen afghan civilians the incident took place in march...
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